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PAGE EIGHT. THE TACOMA TIMES.

Anniversary of Lusitania Disaster FindsNations Still Seething Over Ship's Fate!

The first anniversary of the torpedoing of the Cunard linei)Lusitania with the loss of more than 1300 lives, including those ofover 100 Americans, occurs Sunday, May 7.

Itwas the sinking of the Lusitania which drew from Presi-dent Wilson the first sharp note to the German government andcaused rumors of war which have never subsided.

The Lusitania case, as a diplomatic matter between the UnitedStates and Germany, is not settled, the German governmentmaintaining that the sinking of the ship was an act of war.

I OEEMaANY'S VIEWHERMAN' OFFICIAL HE-

I'OKT, MAY H. — The Cuiiardliner Lualtanla wan veeterilaytorpedoed b) a Herman subma-rine and sank.

The Liisltatila was naturallyarmed with guns, as were recent-ly most of the English mercantilesteamers.

Moreover, as Is well knownhere, ehe> had large quantitiesof war material in her cargo. Herowners, therefore, knew to whatdanger the psßsengera were ex-posed.

Tlie> alone bear all the respnn-\u25a0tbtltt) for what has happened.

(jormany on her part, leftnothing undone to repeatedlyanil strongl." warn them.

The Itiiperlal am basset dor inWashington even went ho far Mlo mukn a public warning.

FHANKH ItTl'lt ZEITI NO. —For the Oei iitati navy the sinkingof the I.iihltmi in means an ex-traordinary snci i-mi.

The whole world was warnedthat he who ventured to Irusthimself within her staked his life.

in ni; \ii\ RATH, IN "in itTAO."—if, ns English rep -rtitry to make us believe, Mr. Wil-son is now ineillttiting revenuefor the sin kin,- of the l.tislttinlawe will not disturb him in thisoccupation.

But what are gallant P_o.tfliv the I'niteil States thinkingabout?

Should the I'niled Stat<-s sendtroops to lake pnrt in the fight-ing In Handera?

The I'nltad States are so weakthat they have never been ahle loImpose their will on Mexico.

DR. KARL STllll'l- (In vol-ume containing opinions of L'lGerman authorities on interna-tional law who justify the torpe-doing of the Luaffaals», who lo-gins by quoting naval orders issu-ed to two American commandersIn tho War of IMI, advising ofthe advHiitageotisness nf attackingthe eneniy'a commerce and direct-ing the sinking of English ves-sels when there is any risk oftheir being rescued while enroute to a |mrt as prizes:

"It cannot lie expressed moreclearly ihat the North Americangovernment orders the destruc-tion of enemy ships when theycannot he safely brought to afriendly port."

America, England and Germany are still seething and boil-ing with opinions about this terrible fate, and its method, of thisgreat ocean greyhound that earned so many famous and richAmericans to death, including Charles Frohman, Justus MilesForman, Elbert Hubbard and Alfred Vanderbilt.

Each of these countries' views are now fairly crystallised inthe matter and here is presented, in commemoration of the firstanniversary of the Lusitania's sinking, in parallel columns howAmerica, England Germany views the deed in retrospect.

The sinking of the Liisilaniii, v year ago, which cost 100 American lives and tbe Uvea of lain

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HOW UNITED STATES HAS VIEWED GREAT CATASTROPHE\u2666

THE AMERICAN NOTE OFMAY II to German.*,, written by i

President Wilson and signed byBryan, as se< retar> of state:

'In view of tlie recent acts ofthe German authorities In viola-tion of American lights on thehigh seas, which culminated in <

the torpedoing anil sinking o tlie i'British steamship l.usitanlnon May 7, by which over l 11"

American citi/etiß lout iheir lives, 1

jit is clearly wise and desirablei that the government of theI'niteil States and the im-perial German government shouldcome to a clear and full under-standing as to the grave situation

! which bus resulted • a c The!government and people of thei'niteil states look to the ImperialGentian government for just.prompt enlightened action ill thisvital matter with the greater con- 1

fiilence, becaUM the I'nited Statesand Germany are bound togethernot only by special ties of friend-ship, but also by the explicitstipulation, of the treaty ofISL'S, between ihe I'nited Statesand the kingdom of Prussia,

* * * Tlie Imperial Germangovernment will not expect the.government of the I'nited Stiteslo omit any word or act necessaryto the performance of Its sacredduty of maintaining tlie rights ofthe I'nited States and its citizensand of safeguarding their free ex-ercise and enjoyment.

GEORGE A. KEHSLER OFNEW YORK, A LIHITANIAISi R\ IVOR: "The torpedoing of|the Lusitania was cold-blooded,deliberate murder, and nothingelse."

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, onthe evening of the torpedoing ofthe Lusitania: "Thin representsnot merely piracy, but piracy on

i a vaster scale of murder thanold-time pirates ever practiced."

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year has passed by withoutWashington having got anythingLilt words, words, words fromllerliu.

But then what can the Ameri-can relatives of victims on theLusitania. expect when only words,words, words, are used In dealingwith the moat horrible of crim-inals those who murder womennnd children.

TRAVELLERS intending toembark on the Atlantip voyagearc reminded that a state ofwar exists between Germanyand her allies and Great Britainand her allies; that the zone ofwar includes the waters adja-cent to the British Isles; that,,in accordance with formal no-tice given by the Imperial Ger-man Government, vessels fly-ing the flag of Great Britain, ot*

of any of her allies, are liable todestruction in those waters andthat travellers sailing in the warzone on ships of Great Britainor her allies do to at iheir ownrisk

This is a reproduction of thepaid advertisement published anilpaid for in the (jernian govern-ment and which appeared Inn< v> ; spa pel -v llir.mull.mt tileI'nited States n few days beforethe l.iisltiiniii sailed.

Execute EighthSein Finn ChiefDUBLIN, May 6—John Mc-

Bride, Sinn Fein leader, has beenexecuted, it was officially an-nounced today.

This makes the eighth execu-tion resulting from the rebellionIn Ireland. The sentences oftwo others, condemned to die,have been commuted to life Im-prisonment.

BET THIS MAKESF. SHAW JEALOUS

COPENHAGEN, May 6.—Dan-ish brewers have '10,000,000 bot-tles of beer for Germany, to beshipped as soon as the Teutonsfurnish barrels.

ENGLAND'S VIEW \The official British view of,(Jertnany's jußtifieatlon for sink-

ing the Lusitania: "With regardto the Lusitania: The vessel was

'not armed on her last voyage,anil had not been armed duringthe whole war.

(iermany attempts to justify thesinking of the Lusitania by the

| tact that she had arms and am-I munition on board.

The presence of contraband oni board a neutral vessel does renderi her liable to capture, but certainly'not to destruction, with the loss: of a large portion of her crew anilpassengers.

Every enemy vessel Is a fairprize, but there Is no legal pro-voston, not to speak of the prin-ciples of humanity, which wouldjustify what can only be de-

| scribed as murder because a ves--1 sel carries contraband.

Silt i-'iiii urn CARSON, THEIATTOKNKV GENERAL: "We!

i have ample evidence to disprove:the German lie that the Lust-Iinula was armed. The sinking,.of the Lusitania was murder."

('apt. W. T. Turner of the tor-pedoed steamship, at the cor-oner's inquest in Kinsale, lre-|land:

"Was the Lusitania armed?"(asked Conorer Horga.)

"No, sir.""Tell us in your own words

what happened after passingFastnet."

"The weather was clear. Wewere going at a speed of 1Sknots. I was on the port sideand heard Second Officer llelti.nlcall out: 'Here's a torpedo!'

"I ran to the other side andaaw clearly the wake of a tor-pedo. Smoke and steam cameup between the last two funnels.There was slight shock. I at once\u25a0rave the order to lower the boatsdown to the rails, and I directedthat women and children shouldget Into them."

Psychologically the greatest

blunder of German diplomacy inAmerica was the sinking of theLusitania.

It was Ihe first time that Amer-icans and English had suffered incommon since they were opposedto one another in the War of ln-ilepeniience, and it cemented theclanship.

On the part of tlie Germans Itwas a mercantile trick to paralyzeour sea-going commerce; tlieywarned Americans to obey theirIn junctions or lo sail at their ownrisk; they only succeeded In wash-ing out the scars of 1783 in thewaters of the Atlantic. — Nine-teenth Century anil After.

COAST TO GET NEWSHIPPING SERVICERepresentatives of the Phila-

delphia Shipping Co. are on thePacific const arranging for theestablishment of a ateamshiu linefrom the Atlantic to North Pa-cific norte.

WOMAN SEEKS HERSECOND DIVORCEFROM SAME HUBBYSusie Willamena MeOlasifl mnr-

ried James Albert McGinnls forthe first time less than is monthsago. Since then she has been di-vorced and remarried tn him. andnow Is asklni, for a second divorceon the ground that he did not livetrue to his promises, but abusedand neglected her.

ANOTHER MACHINEOVER EMBANKMENT

PUYALLUP, May 6. Fourpersons persons are injured todayas the result of the backing ofan automobile driven by Mrs.Robert Cox of Wilkeson, over a30-foot embankment.

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IMPERIAL GERMAN EMBASSYWASHINGTON. D. C. APRIL 'A lflß.

CHARLES \\. ELIOT, PRESI-DENT EMERITI'S OF II.XR-VAItIII.MVERNITV: The sink- j

Iing of a great merchant vessel, || currying 1600 men, women nnd fchildren, without giving them |

any chance to save their lives, iwas in violation of the long- ,standing conventions among civ- Illlzed nations, concerning theconduct of naval warfare."

HY ARTHUR GHANIUGEof Yonkers. N. Y.

I lost both my wife and littlebaby daughter when the Ger-mans torpedoed the Lusitania. If

II ever secure money for my lossI will use It In erecting a me-morial to their memory: To

; Two Non-Conibalnnts, a Motherland Baby, Most Cruelly Mur-| dered on the High Seas by Ger-man Barbarians \Vheu the Lttsl-i tanla Was Torpedoed on May 7,I 1915."

RY JAMES J. LEAHYof Brooklyn.

As a Lusitania survivor who.saw American men, women andchildren go to their deaththrough the barbarous* cruelty ofthe Germans I protest asalnstthe I'nited States government'lsubmerging the Lusitania withother cases which the two gov-ernments keep exchanging note*over.

One tear after the torpedoingthe Ltißitanla rase Is nothing butan accident case—or so it wouldseem from the attitude of ourgovernment — with Wilson andLansing mighty poor attorneysfor the plaintiffs.

HY CHAHLEK HOSEof New York.

When the Germans torpedoedthe l.ualtanla they murdered ' aslater of mine. If making Ger-many pay for her murder | andthat of the other American citi-zens who loat their lives Is to beGermany's only punishment, Ihope that punishment may be asheavy aa possible.

BY JOHN Mlit 111 I\u25a0-.Sin-tltor of Manchester Green,

Cotiß.Both the English and tbe

American governments hareclear cases against the Germans.

I With England It Is a matter forsettlement In the future; withthe I'nited States It was a matterfor Immediate settlement. But a

"WOMEN WHO TAKE HARD EXERCISETO DO MAN'S WORK"—LADY CONSTANCE

Saturday, May 6,191(9.

LAOV CONSTANCE RICHAROSONLady Constance Stewart Richardson believes in hard exercises

for women who work. Women are doing Ihe work of Ihe "sternersex" In war-torn Europe, and Lady Richardson says her country-

women (she is English, of course) must go in for hard physical exer-cises to fit thenisehes to bear the brunt. This is one of the parlorletunts she advocates for beloro-breakfast limbering-up.

French LoseKey Position

I'ARIH, May «.—TheFrench have lieen forced toevacuate their trenches onthe northern -lop,- of Hill.lot. the keystone positionsnorth of Verdun, umler themost veil.ni attack tiiereninee the battle of Verdun

AdvertisingStadium Day

More than 10,000 descriptivefolders of tho sixth annual Sta-dium day were distributed todayby the publicity committee to liemailed throughout the nation.

The celebration will be heldMay It, -More than 14,000 pu-pils will take part. Tlie eventswill be of a military and patrioticnature, in which a great Ameri-can flag will lie formed hy all thepupils with a salute to the flagen masse.

Personal—and—

Social IVlda chapter, O. B. 8., will

meet Tuesday night, May ». Id theMasonic temple to confer degrees.A shirtwaist dancing party willbe given May 17 In Masonic tem-ple. Miss KffieRiley has chargeof the invitations. They mar baobtained at the Peoples Store),McCormack Bros, and tbe SmithFloral Co.

Mrs. Julia King, 3414 Proctorstreet, will entertain the degreeof Honor Tuesday afternoon from1 until 5 o'clock. She will baassisted by Mrs. Barry Jones andMrs. Bertha Thompson.

The Monday Civic club will beentertained Monday at 2 p. m. atthe home of Mrs. George P.Wright, 824 South L st. Prof.Yates, of Oxford, will speak onthe "Aims and Objects" of IhoMoran school for boys. MisaI.ma MacFarland will sing.

ii.if. Sloan will give a launchpaty and dance at Burton Satur-day night. Leave Municipal dockat 7:30. Adv.

Mrs. \\. II Johnston, of Ihelibrary board, will leave for NewYork tlie first of the week to at-tend the I'Hh biennial convi-rni.iriof Woman's clubs as a slate ile'c-gate. She will attend the repub-lican convention In Chicago.

A coiiimillee of Commencementi lodge, No. 7, K. of P., is arrang-

ing for the second annual ThirdHaul. Mountain Initiation, Aug.111. Ihe initiation will be milafter »he grand lodge convener InPortland and the visiting broth-ers will he hauled to the Moun-tain in automobiles.

Mrs. F. C. Harrison.___

NorthI street, will entertain the Nesil.ilclub Tuesday afternoon.

Miss Mildred Maberley, ilaii_h>ter of Mrs. It. W. Maloney. wasquietly married yesterday to Har-old llalahanoff, son of hi*, andMrs. luil.iii,inoff

Sunday morning the fallowingvoting people will be confirmed inOur Savior's church. South ,1 mil17th streets, O. J. Ordal. pftsto.'.Marguerite Bailey, Verai n.i*i-son, Alice Olson. Mary Band, Ev-elyn Norman. Jennie \\ iggeti,Edith Carlson. Elizabeth Krlrk-son. Borghilil Colbo, Hil.laSkreen, Odd Carlson. MauriceHraget, Coleiuan Anderson. Har-old Bather, Reuben Berg, Fran-ces Miller. !»<ter Skrecn. Carl

1 Hoe, .lolin .lesten. Artlnr.' Eili-i't-son, George Beere.

A May day card parly will liegiven May In by the Degree ofPocahontas at Odd Fellows' ten-ple. Mrs. 0. E. Renter, Mrs. L.0, Parka, Mrs. M, lUmbaugb,Mrs. G. L. Mcpherson and Mrs.s. Hurgh comprise the committeeiv charge.

i'oiupiiuiiiiiCourt, Reliance No.S4:i, will hold its regular im clingMonday evening In the TgrOluahull, llt!H_ Commerce. Allmembers are urged to b? present.

[.. J. Flanagan, Bellingham. baa, been appointed hy the adininisua-• lion to replace Ira S. llavisson asi I. S. deputy marshal, retired aft-\u25a0 ci- 16 years because he was a re-

publican.

iiegaii. It was officially ad-inlticil today.The troops fought desperately

yesterday and thi'oiighout thenight.

They were still fighting whenthe statement was Issued.

Preceding the advance, massedbatteries of big guns blasted theFrench trenchers into debris.

A rain of gas projectiles fol-lowed, suffocating the survivorswho clung to the wreckage.

Last night the Hermans deter-minedly attacked tlie positions onthe north side of the iii 11 andsucceeded in crossing the areabetween the trenches. Reaching [the French pits in the woods,!they were repulsed after bloodyhand-to-hand fighting.

Fresh German divisions partici-pated In the assault and sufferedcrushing losses.

SCHOOL CHILDRENTICKLE PARENTS

SI'MNER, May 6.—"Midsum-mer Eve." a fairy dramatization,

was given last night by 838 Sum-ner school children in the highschool auditorium before an en-thusiastic audience

The athletic and physical train-ing; work of the city schools willhe illustrated in a variety ofgames and dances and drills.

The annual event is consideredby school authorities of othercities to be the most unique of :illschool celebrations and fetes.

The Great American Home Yesterday's Late NewsHI'IIMAKINES CLASH

VIENNA, .May 5.-—Austriantorpedo boats clashed with theItalian squadron at the mouth ofthe Po river Wednesday whilethe Austrian aeroplanes werebombarding Ravenna, it was an-nounced officially today.

CARRANZA ACCEPTSMEXICO CITY, May s.—Gen.

Carranza has accepted the Amer-ican proposals as outlined by Gen.Scott and Gen. Obregon at the re-cent conference, his secretary an-nounced today.

WIFE'S IiOYE COOLEDWalter Cralgo was granted an

uncontested divorce today in thesuperior court from Adella Cr.ti-go on the grounds of desertion.

He explained to the court uehad lived happily for 2:', \e.trs,until he lost $12,000 In n realestate boom. Then his wile'slove cooled and she railed himto such an extent, that his liiebecame unbearable, he assert"!.

Mary Oblak, Austrian, wasgranted a divorce on the samegrounds from Ciril Oblak. Shesaid she had been used to work-ing for $0 a month in the oldcountry and upon her arrival herowas talked into marriage. Shediscovered her mistake later, shesaid.

GERMANS ADVANCEBERLIN, May 5. — German

troops today occupied the sille-itwest of Avocourt. After destroy-ing the position the Germansabandoned It.

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